Rudan, IgorKerr, StevenSullivan, ChristopherJeffrey, KarenGrange, ZoeFenton, LyndaKurdi, AmanjShi, TingCullen, LucySimpson, Colin RKatikireddi, Srinivasa VittalRitchie, Lewis DRobertson, ChrisSheikh, Aziz2025-12-092025-08-29Rudan, I, Kerr, S, Sullivan, C, Jeffrey, K, Grange, Z, Fenton, L, Kurdi, A, Shi, T, Cullen, L, Simpson, C R, Katikireddi, S V, Ritchie, L D, Robertson, C & Sheikh, A 2025, 'BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination uptake, safety, effectiveness, and waning in children and young people aged 5-11 years in Scotland', Journal of Global Health, vol. 15, 04250. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.042502047-2978PubMedCentral: PMC12395862https://hdl.handle.net/2164/26515Authorship contributions: AS, CR, and IR conceived the idea for this study. SK performed the analysis. IR wrote the draft of the paper and compiled supplementary online materials. CS, ZG, LF, CRS, SVK, and LDR critically revised the manuscript, added comments and approved the final version for submission. CR and SK accessed and verified all the data. AS was responsible for the decision to submit the manuscript.15671296engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingHumansScotland/epidemiologyBNT162 Vaccine/administration & dosageChild, PreschoolCOVID-19/prevention & controlChildVaccine EfficacyProspective StudiesFemaleMaleCOVID-19 Vaccines/administration & dosageSARS-CoV-2Vaccination/statistics & numerical dataRA Public aspects of medicineSupplementary DataDASLinkRAJournal article10.7189/jogh.15.04250https://github.com/EAVE-II/EAVE-II-data-dictionaryhttps://github.com/EAVE-II/Covid-Vaccines-CYP